Students’ research. Anti-Capitalism and Post-Identity Politics in Online Piracy Communities: Digital Ethnography

Project idea

The research focuses on the involvement of online piracy communities in post-identity politics and anti-capitalism and its consequences for intellectual property and economic systems. Using digital ethnography, it explores the practices, beliefs and motivations of participants in online piracy communities, and documents how they operate, justify their activities and in what ways they are linked to broader social and political issues. This research is significant in a national and international context as it contributes to a broader understanding of anti-capitalist and post-identity politics in digital spaces and the challenges they pose to dominant economic and social systems. The study's design involves five stages, including a literature review, an identification of the research subject, data collection, analysis and report writing. This kind of research design helps achieve the research objectives of capturing participants' practices and beliefs and engaging in academic debates on anti-capitalist and post-identity politics. This research will provide new insights into how different types of politics are practiced in digital spaces and how they impact economic and social systems.